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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1941
Page
4
City council cleared 34 beer permit applicants despite police reports showing at least one dealer was convicted of a public offense twice. Critics call for tighter supervision and insist the council investigate all holders for similar records and ensure enforcement.
British heavy bombers scored direct hits on Lille steel and engineering works amid continued raids on German-occupied northern France. The RAF reported losses of three British fighters for two German fighters, with additional daylight attacks on shipping off the Belgian coast and on Norwegian docks. Official tallies show 206 Nazi aircraft destroyed since June 16, with 74 British planes lost, as Britain seeks to cripple German industry and blunt Luftwaffe strength for an invasion scenario.
Berlin reports British air raids on western Germany and the Channel coast caused slight damage and cost 17 RAF planes. The German high command says a few British planes dropped a small number of explosives at various western German targets. German bombers struck at Birmingham, Plymouth, southern coast harbors, and an airfield in western England Friday night.
The Associated Press lists accepted syllables for place names in the war. Examples include Lwow as Looff and Kiev as Kee-off, with other cities like Smolensk Zhee toe mir and Minsk Meensk.
The Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars adopted a resolution Saturday calling for the removal of Labor Secretary Frances Perkins from the cabinet, signaling political pressure from a veterans group in Columbus.
Ankara dispatch reports British and French officials weighing armistice in Syria with U S mediation possible. French troops face discipline breaks and rioting by Senegalese and Amanese units at Beirut, raising concerns over enforcement. British sources cite rapid Anglo Free French advances fueling armistice optimism.
AP reports from Ankara that Britain and the Vichy regime are in pre armistice discussions to end the war in Syria. National Broadcasting Company correspondent Martin Agronsky quotes British diplomatic circles saying the conflict is in its final decisive stage. A source notes a great neutral power has acted as go between but may not be named in final negotiations.
British forces control the Syrian desert guarding Iraq routes and the Mosul oilfields. An Anglo-Hindu motorized column reportedly captured Deir ez Zor after a siege, pushing through the Euphrates valley toward Rakka. Palmyra airfield remained in British hands. Beirut saw raids leave the city in flames. France confirmed a drive to sever Syria from Turkey but denied reaching Kamichkie.
Cedar Rapids recorded an 80 degree high for the second straight day as a late afternoon reading held at that level from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The temperature later fell to 76 by 7 p.m. and 68 by 11:30 p.m. The low occurred at 5:30 a.m. at 57 degrees before sunshine lifted readings to 64 by 7 a.m. and another 14 degrees by noon.
The Y M C A reports a $60,031.25 pledge total from 772 donors, enough to retire a 22 year debt of about $48,000 and start a major renovation. Funds will cover lobby and club room upgrades, office reorganization, lighting in gym and dormitories, and interior painting. Completion is hoped by Sept 1 ahead of Y M C A week starting Sept 14.
Dr Merrill E Joss 34 was taken to Thomaston state prison for 10 to 20 years after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the bludgeon death of his wife Laverne Harris Joss 38 in their Richmond home. He proclaimed innocence and said he could not understand the tragedy as prosecutors allege he killed for remarriage to Mrs Elizabeth Mayo 35.
The Census Bureau reported 4 466 automobile deaths in 159 large cities in the first 26 weeks of the year, up from 3 993 in the same period of 1940. Week end June 28 saw 169 auto deaths, versus 156 last year.
Washington AP reports aluminum cork and copper are the scarcest civilian materials, with copper shortages rising and zinc relief. McConnell of the Office of Production Management notes metals cannot be easily substituted, predicting only 300,000 tons of copper for civilians after military use, while civilian demand for aluminum vastly outstrips supply.
The United States will send German and Italian consular and propaganda agents to Lisbon aboard the West Point, a $17,000,000 naval transport. The July 15 departure follows axis expulsions and retaliation after the Robin Moor sinking, with return trips for officials and later public state department details.
Rep George J Bates claims the U S Navy is eyes for the British fleet and keeps the Atlantic open to 600 700 miles off Europe. He asserts lanes to Britain must stay open and backs Secretary Knox denial on firing on submarines.
The American Youth Congress in Philadelphia adopted a resolution pledging members lives if necessary for U S defense while opposing an expeditionary force. The vote passed after fiery debate on the convention's third day with five dissents from about 1,100 delegates.
Roosevelt places chemicals and vegetable products under export control by executive order. After July 23 exports from U S territory require a special license from the export control board.
President Roosevelt, after an eight day Hudson River rest, conferred two hours with military, naval, and foreign policy advisers on defense and international issues. The session signaled a push to speed up material aid to Britain and allies amid Far East tensions. Officials avoided discussing specifics or Marshall’s call to extend active duty terms and lifting selectee restrictions.
London reports Britain and Russia are arranging Polish Czechoslovak and Yugoslav legions on Russian soil to fight with the red army. Foreign Secretary Eden pledged aid with no reservations and clarified a possible release of Polish war prisoners for service. Sikorski and Maisky met on neutral ground to form the first pact since 1939.
Waterloo man Private Perry J. Patterson twenty was injured seriously when a rented sedan carrying eight members of company D 133rd infantry Iowa national guard back to Camp Claiborne La blew a tire and rolled over three times in a ditch on highway 63 seven miles north of Traer Patterson suffered a compression fracture of the spine a fractured right elbow brain concussion and bruises his condition listed as fair at St Francis hospital in Waterloo Iowa
In Chicago a fouryearold girl named Marylyn Austin died after biting a torpedo thought to be candy. Her nineyearold brother Eugene found the explosive in the front yard and they believe it was dropped by Fourth of July celebrants Friday night.
Edna Ross, eliminated in the semi finals of the Lakewood Park bathing beauty contest, attacked judge Tommy Read after master of ceremonies Mike Benton was struck by a contestant's blow. Her outburst continued as officials and finalists celebrated Anne Moses as winner before 10,000 spectators.
London report says Wing Commander A G Malan, formerly a sailor, was named Britain's top air ace after shooting down his thirty fourth enemy aircraft in the RAF cross Channel sweep Friday night.
Reuters and other agencies report in Rome and Stockholm that German and Romanian columns entered Cernauti in Bucovina, while Tallinn is said to have fallen to German forces. Evacuations from Leningrad and Moscow were planned as the war nears its third week with heavy losses cited on both sides.
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